Boneville Mining Company Prospect (Sulvanite): Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 19:10, 26 August 2009
Location
40.16806° -112.156086° T07S R03W Sec 35 Five Mile Pass DOGM 3070335HO001
Elevation: County: Quad Name: Township/Range: Mining District:
Date of Execution: 2009 By Whom: DOGM/Bethers Construction
Project Name: North Tintic WEST
Born:
Previous Owners: Current Owner: Public
History/Production
Geology/Minerals
Mindat:[1]
UMOS: Reference number: 9145 Deposit: 49-ALLENS RANCH-018 County: UTAH Map Scale: 24000 UTM northing: 4428850 UTM easting: 409000 UTM Zone: 12 Township: 009S Range: 002W Section: 28 Site Name: SELMA MINE Commodity: Lead Silver Gold Iron Production: UNKOWN Status: INACTIVE PROSPECT Deposit Type: POLYMETALLIC VEIN AND REPLACEMENT Description: Workings: LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN DESCRIBED THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS AS CONSISTING OF A LONG TUNNEL AND A SHAFT 210 FT DEEP FROM WHICH AN EASTWARD DRIFT WAS BEING DRIVEN. PRESENTLY THE ADIT PPEARS TO BE ABOUT 1000 FT. LONG AND THE SHAFT HAS ABOUT 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS. Formation Age: MISS Formation Name: BLUEBELL DOLOMITE Reference 1: RIGBY; J.K.; 1952; GEOLOGY OF THE SELMA HILLS; UTAH CO.; UTAH: UGMS BULL. 45. Reference 2: TRIPP; B.T.; 1981; ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS Reference 3: LINDGREN; W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN; 1919; GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT; UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107. Reference 4: COOK; D.R.; 1957; GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS; UTAH: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
Type Locality:
one of only TWO locations in United States where sulvanite is found.
Significance/Features
Great example of a small mining company sinking a vertical shaft to intersect a cave of iron ore.
References/Bibliography/Maps
"Electric Hoist for the Selma" Eureka Reporter, 1911-09-01 [2]
Selma Opens Up Eureka Reporter, 1908-04-10 [3]
Change in Development Campaign Eureka Reporter 1917-03-30 [4]
Equipment of the Tintic Paymaster (nearby mine) SLMR, 1919-12-30 [5]
Power in North Tintic DN 1907-08-31 [6]
Statement on Beck Tunnel Eureka Reporter 1911-06-23 [7]
Selma Mine Adventure [8] Great writeup of an exploration trip into the Selma Mine, but a LOUSY conclusion as this cave explorer feels no one else should attempt to document it any further.
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